Montreal

/[mõn̪t̪ɾeˈal]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,490

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Montreal is aSpanishname. It means: es una ciudad de Canadá. Pronounced [mõn̪t̪ɾeˈal]. Often confused with Montiel and Monreal.

Key facts for Montreal
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontreal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[mõn̪t̪ɾeˈal]
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,490
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Montreal in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Montreal is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mõn̪t̪ɾeˈal]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,490 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "es una ciudad de Canadá.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Montreal, with forms such as "mmontreal", "mnotreal", and "monntreal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Montiel", "Monreal", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Montreal, spelled M-O-N-T-R-E-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    es una ciudad de Canadá.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmontreal,mnotreal,monntreal,monrteal,monteral,montrael,montreall,montrela,montrreal,monttreal,motnreal,omntreal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Montreal

Misspelling Variants of "Montreal"

mmontreal9mnotreal8monntreal9monrteal8monteral8montrael8montreall9montrela8
Misspelling Variants of "Montreal"

Frequency rank: #17,490 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Montreal"?
"Montreal" is spelled M-O-N-T-R-E-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [mõn̪t̪ɾeˈal].
What does "Montreal" mean?
As a name, "Montreal" means: es una ciudad de Canadá.
What words are commonly confused with "Montreal"?
"Montreal" is commonly confused with "Montiel", "Monreal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Montreal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montreal" is [mõn̪t̪ɾeˈal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Montreal" come from?
"Montreal" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.